We've talked about where Sony might make in-roads with pros for some time. I'm convinced that photojournos, staff photographers, etc. are where Sony can steal pros right now.
Sports? They need a lot more longer glass. Weddings? They need a better speedlite system.
But the folks in a photography scrum can use the A7/A9 right now as those two things above are a much lower priority for them.
But sometimes I need to be reminded to see mirrorless as a boon and not just a replacement. Here NYT's Doug Mills is touting the A9's completely silent shutter as a competitive advantage against other news agencies as they are often in the room at the same time he is and he doesn't want them to know he's found something interesting to shoot. He also states he's shot Canon his entire life and switched to the A9 because it was a game changer and that 'Canon does not have one of these mirrorless cameras' (presuming he's referring to FF).
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4714207/doug-mills-switches-sony-a9
Amazing what you can find on C-Span.
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Sports? They need a lot more longer glass. Weddings? They need a better speedlite system.
But the folks in a photography scrum can use the A7/A9 right now as those two things above are a much lower priority for them.
But sometimes I need to be reminded to see mirrorless as a boon and not just a replacement. Here NYT's Doug Mills is touting the A9's completely silent shutter as a competitive advantage against other news agencies as they are often in the room at the same time he is and he doesn't want them to know he's found something interesting to shoot. He also states he's shot Canon his entire life and switched to the A9 because it was a game changer and that 'Canon does not have one of these mirrorless cameras' (presuming he's referring to FF).
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4714207/doug-mills-switches-sony-a9
Amazing what you can find on C-Span.
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